Martin Freeman was the host this weekend on "Saturday Night Live," but Taran Killam was the star.
Starting with the monologue, Freeman happily played supporting actor to the ensemble. He announced that all British celebrities know one...

The second "Fargo" miniseries just landed some big TV names.
Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Brad Garrett, Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Donovan and Nick Offerman will be featured in the fall offering, FX announced Thursday.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse...

The second installment of FX's "Fargo" will star Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, the network announced Wednesday.
The next 10-episode series will be set in 1979 in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Luverne, Minn. The story will involve a young state...

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" is going to help movie stars promote their December movies.
The three hosts for the month will James Franco on Dec. 6, Martin Freeman on Dec. 13 and Amy Adams on Dec. 20.
Franco stars in "The Interview,"...

Major premieres and season finales are the highlights this week.
Most auspicious is FX’s “Fargo.” HBO’s “True Detective” became a sensation, but “Fargo” is the more entertaining series. Will it gather raves?
The wonderfully offbeat spirit of the “Fargo”...

"Fargo," one of the real highlights of the past TV season, will return with a second installment, and "Louie" will be back for a fifth season, FX announced Monday.
The first "Fargo" season, starring Bill Bob Thornton and...

At the Emmys, Matthew McConaughey was the night's best sport, but he went home a loser.
It was a big night for repeat winners in major categories, notably "Breaking Bad," "Modern Family" and Bryan Cranston. But one of the biggest...

Their earthquake was a disaster and a tragedy, but it didn't add a nuclear meltdown and thus, New Zealand's recovery is underway. And that means it's time to get back down to the business of doing what the Kiwis do best — making movies with hobbits. Year

Those Wallace & Gromit animators at Aardman have “Arthur Christmas” due out this November. But their next announced work is“The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists.” It's the first of a planned series of Aardman films based on

Aardman's next film seems like a riff on assorted “Pirates of the Caribbean” story points. But it looks more traditional (stop motion clay animated) and tactile than their recent digital efforts. “The Pirates: Band of Misfits” is due ou

Bad timing allowed “What's Your Number?,” a mildly raunchy romantic comedy about a woman lamenting her sexual history as she resolves to finally save herself for Mr. Right, to come out mere months after the too similar “Bridesmaids.” An

A brilliant icon's return, in a clever 21st century update, tops this weekend's highlights: 1. The second series of “Sherlock” begins at 9 p.m. Sunday on PBS. This adult, imaginative series plops the famous detective in modern-day London in the per

PBS today announced premiere dates for fall programming. “American Masters” will look at the last decade of John Lennon'sÂ life. The program, with the working title “John Lennon — New York City,” will air Nov. 22, shortly bef

The best news this weekend in scripted programming is PBS' “Sherlock,” a new take on Sherlock Holmes from “Masterpiece Mystery!” But here's a list of programs to keep in mind: 1. CBS' “60 Minutes” is promoting two segments o

Some British sources are reporting that the comic character actor Martin Freeman has landed the lead — as young Bilbo Baggins — in the Peter Jackson films adapted from “The Hobbit.” Freeman was in the failed “Hitchhiker's Guide to

Casting news for Peter Jackson's version of “The Hobbit” should provide a promotional boost for PBS' “Sherlock,” which starts this weekend. Martin Freeman will play Bilbo Baggins, the title character, in two films to be released in Dece

You don't have to be an unrepentant Anglophile or a Bill Nighy-ophile to appreciate the charms of “Wild Target,” a slight and slightly daft Brit variation on the hit-man-falls-for-his-prey comedy. Nighy, in a killer guise and a killer mustache, che

Elijah Wood seems more or less officially on board the “Lord of the Rings” “prequel” “The Hobbit,” a tale which J.R.R. Tolkien wrote pre-Rings, with nary a thought of Bilbo's young nephew in his head. He's not been born yet,